comfortablewalking with God. 145 the power of Godlinef e ; they may enereate the Lori, if they belonguntohim, tohumble them is their places, and givethem repentance; but if hee purpofè to give them over finally to a Reprobate mind , and to the impetuous rage of their owne cruell difpofitions,to cut them off,andutterlycon- found them, that they bee no longer a burden to the Church, and vexation to his people. 3. Abflra&ively; againit their extreme opprefhons, and malicious plots, without any rela- tion at all to their perfons. So David, a Sarre. t 5. ver.3T. 0 Lord, Ipray thee, r irne the caunfell ofAchitophelinto fooliJh- Or thus: Thou obferveff force one to have continued long a worthy and noted profeffour , but now unhappily beginnes tofall offfrom his former forwardneffe, to grow flacke andnegligent in family duties , cold and cowardly in good caufes, heartlefle, and hanging downe the head in godly company ; todif-regard, and underprize the pow- erful' meanes; to entertaine but ordinary aff'eaions, if not force kinde oí ilrangeneflè towards ocker profeffours, efpeci- ally of greater eminencie and acceptation for their grace; to fùffer immoderate imploym.eritand intanglement in the world, to wafle his heavenly mindedneffe; fo that in all likelihood ledwill fhorcly give him over unto force fcan- dalous fall,as a punifhment ofhis backe- Eliding: whereupon thou difcoverefl unto thy Chriflian friends his declining itate, onely that they may joyne with thee inprayer, that the Lord would bee pleafed to flay him in time , and re- eitablifh him in his firfl love; left by his further falling, the credit ofthe Gofpel alío receive a bruife andblemifh, pro- fefion bee ill fpoken of, and the enemies of Gnceritie blaf- pheme. 4. Of vindicating the power and truth of Religion from the miliakings of Ignorants , and Vnder - prizers. Thus,or in the like manner;Thou art in company where thou heareit a meere civili man , orformali Profeffour at the bell, whom the Churchnever difcovered, or acknowledged tobee anyof Hers, and thy felfe canfl averre out of thy certaine L particular
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